Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-03-31
CAT SUPPLEMENT.
THURSDAY, MARCH 81, 1887.
Colby Cuttings.

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Colby cuIIings.
COLBY, Kans.. March 2, 1857,
This town is very seldom invaded BY tramps.
being situated at Q distance of twenty-five
miles from the line of the Union Pacific rail.
| road. The wary tramp does not turn aside
but heads for Denver, and especially will this
be so ~ long as the present road to Colby is
incomplete. A glance at Alate map of Kans.
| rs will reveal q railroad connecting Oakley
and Colby, but owing to the Union Pacific
| railroad beirg compelled to suspend all fur
Their improvements for ninety days the iron
has not been placed on the road bed.
The Gazette tramp" having often heard Of
| this young and prosperous town and whilst
| louRging about Oakley was offered q ride in q
carriage by q friend, the invitation was &C
cepted, and we arrived here safely after q
| pleasant overland twenty-five mile ride. The
country traversed is Of the gently rolling
prairie and very well adapted for agricultural
purposes. The south part of the county be-
| ing inside the railroad limit, is not so thickly
settled as the north part of the county, but
| from the rush at the railroad land AGENT
office, we can see that soon the land will all be
occupied.
Colby is county seat town and in these
days of county seat wars it becomes pleas
ant thought to be informed that this town
was so luckily situated as to have no rival for
the honors and therefore there is no blood
stain on her fair brow and all is peace and
prosperity with her future greatness already
assured:
A. ~s<x,
are the court house and the new brick hotel.
The hotel building is dandy and shows
energy becoming the citizens of Salina or
Abilene. The building is four stories high
including the basement and contains sixty
rooms, all of which are light. comfortable and
airy. There is no new town in the west that
has a building to compare with this one ex-
cepting Kanopolls.
This building has been rented to a man who
thoroughly understands the business, and in
thirty days the travelling public will here have
the comfort of home such as is rarely found
throughout the west.
Improvement is very much noticed on every
hand prominently, we note the new arnory
building.
J. B. McGonigal, the father of the town, is
erecting an Octagon building known as the G.
A. X. building, but we are Informed that it
will be used for all gatherings such as theatres
and such meetings as usually meet in halls.
Brick will be used in its construction.
Just opposite the hotel we observe the ex-
cavation for large building which is to be
erected by the First National Bank This
town is fully organized into city of the
third class. Much Of the new life that is SO
plainly visible here is due to the energy and
means employed by Judge Newell and James
8. Warden. Such mon are blessing to any
town. What all new towns most need are
men of broad guage principles. men who will
make town succeed by showing the utmost
faith in the future welfare and who open the
eyes of the people by ordering 10000 brick
the first clatter. Welcome, thrice welcome
would a thousand such men be to the state of
Kansas. Will they get their money back
again they are spending, did you say? We
venture that they could sell out to-day and
will have cleared enough money TO buy out
another town. In our 'round up" we run in
on the following enterprising, live, wide-awake
business men:
J. B. McGonigal, the father of the town,
conducts the liveliest real estate Office that we
have been in in the west-either himself or
some of the boys were kept busy making out
applications for railroad land until 9 o'clock
at night. We predict that he will soon have
such a large bank account that he will deem
it advisable to quit business and retire to q
quiet life.
The Colby Hardware Company are a lively
firm. and have the proper amount of ''get up
and get there" and have the fright bower" in
I'm, IL Cvxxs<I
J. e. Doom, the representative of the Ober-
lin Loan and Trust company, can be found at
Mr.. Pingrees ONCE, and for fair dealing in
money loaning. we commend him to the pub
lic
T. F. Sutton. formerly from Illinois, is land
lord at the Colby House, which being crowded
displays his good nature by slowing the CAL
lers away in the best style possible.
J. w. Irwin, one of the old timers, and a
good fellow, reports business very good in the
way of recording real estate transfers, being
register Of deeds.
]. NJ. Summers holds the reins over the
county affairs in the clerks Office.
W. H. Lent does the agreeable as host at the
Windsor hotel and does not loose his temper
over the scramble for beds, and fellow that
objects to being doubled up is summarily
bounced or offered bunk with the pet wolf
under the porch floor. The table contains
such things as keeps the hungry throng well
satisfied.
w. G. Porter, of the ''ThOmas CAT" feels
justly proud of his paper, and truly has a
bright prospect ahead, the name alone being a |
bonanza" The CAT is one of the brightest |
among the bright western papers and ''mews"
for Colby and Thomas county first, last and
all the time. The Office has lately issued a |
history of Thomas county in pamphlet form |
that is very interesting.
J. W. Gillespie and brother are busy with |
q butcher shop and livery business. They are |
live western men.
Weld Bros. are at the top in the zeal estate |
business. They have a copyright on the form
Of abstract blanks they use. Being an old |
abstractor we must say that the form used is |
very ComDlefe and practicable